Participation in exercise and sport is important for general health and emotional well-being but, for people with epilepsy, their neurological condition must always be considered when choosing any activity. People with epilepsy are advised to: avoid an activity that involves the possibility of a head injury, avoid an activity that results in a serious injury because of a loss of consciousness, and avoid an activity where

Becoming a teenager is often a difficult time in a person’s life and the path to adulthood can be a tricky one. Teenagers will experience intense physical and emotional changes as a result of puberty. They will face parental, societal and school expectations, peer and social pressures, discovering new relationships, independence issues and they will be developing self- identity and self-esteem. In other words, it

1 in 100 people has epilepsy. Anyone can develop epilepsy at any stage of their lives. Epilepsy is a sudden, unprovoked, recurrent burst of electrical activity within the brain, which produces a seizure. There are many types of seizures. Some seizures last only for a few seconds whilst others may last for minutes. Sometimes it is difficult to recognize the difference between a seizure and

A mum with epilepsy has to work doubly hard in child-rearing, simply because of the effects of her condition and because of the medication she likely needs to take. She is often tired, fatigued, has memory issues or experiences confusion (if she is continuing to have seizures), and so being a new mum only compounds those feelings because looking after a baby is tiring in

Epilepsy is a common and complex neurological condition affecting at least 1 in 100 people. It can be regarded as a spectrum of disorders because there are many types of seizures and they vary in severity with each individual with epilepsy. Anyone can develop epilepsy regardless of age, ethnicity, socio-economic status, or gender and the condition will affect the quality of life of each person